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Content Creation BA(Hons)

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Shape the future of digital content with our innovative degree at the 91¶¶Òõ. 

On our Content Creation degree you will examine how AI, photography, graphic design and more contribute to creating compelling digital content. Drawing from our rich art and media heritage, we redefine storytelling across platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, X, Reddit, Twitch, Discord, TikTok and Mastodon. 

Perfect for social media enthusiasts, you will harness your smartphone to craft authentic, original content while critically examining our cultural fascination with social media. 

Whether you are behind the scenes or on camera, this course equips you with the skills to connect creatively and tackle real-world issues such as climate change and politics.

Key facts

Location 91¶¶Òõ: City and 91¶¶Òõ: Moulsecoomb

UCAS code W212

Full-time 3 years

New for 2025

This new course is subject to validation. This means it is in the final stage of development and some changes may still be made to the curriculum. Check back for the latest information.

After you apply we’ll let you know about any changes to the course through .

What are my next steps?

Open days are the best way to find out about your course, the campus where you'll be based, and get a feel for the 91¶¶Òõ.

Book your place: City campus open day 7 June

Or if you're ready,

Open days are the best way to find out about your course, the campus where you'll be based, and get a feel for the 91¶¶Òõ.

Book your place: City campus open day 7 June

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Entry criteria

Entry requirements

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBB–BCC (120–104 UCAS Tariff points) or BTEC Extended Diploma DMM–MMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range.

International Baccalaureate
30 points, with three subjects at Higher level.

Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 24 credits at merit or above.

Studied before or got relevant experience?
A qualification, HE credits or relevant experience may count towards your course at 91¶¶Òõ and could mean that you do not have to take some elements of the course or can start in year 2 or 3. 

English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept.

International requirements and visas

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Applying for a student visa

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Contextual admissions

At 91¶¶Òõ, we understand that not everyone has the same opportunities, and some may face extra challenges to meet grade requirements. If you meet our contextual admissions criteria, we’ll make you an offer of at least two grades or 16 UCAS tariff points lower than the standard for your course. Find out about contextual admissions at 91¶¶Òõ.

With a contextual offer, you may also qualify for extra financial support through our 91¶¶Òõ Boost cost of living package. Find out about the 91¶¶Òõ Boost.

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On this course you will develop the art of making engaging imagery and film for digital platforms, through mediums like photography, illustration, animation and AI – the creative opportunities are almost infinite. And as digital platforms shift and change, you need to be in touch with the zeitgeist and have a feeling for how culture and society is evolving. It’s an exciting space to be in!

Emma Collins, Lecturer in Content Creation and professional designer, author, content creator and copywriter

Course content

Top reasons to choose this course

  • Content creation is a fast-growing industry and billion-dollar global market.
  • Learn essential creative skills in digital and social media storytelling and audience engagement.
  • Graduate as a versatile creative with a range of skills and an experimental attitude – a great foundation for a fulfilling and dynamic career.
  • Open doors to a wide range of careers in podcasting, copywriting, designing, producing, social media, marketing, communications and more.
  • Content creation is a fascinating and ever-evolving mix – and our course moves with the times and is reactive to contemporary practices.
  • You will be joining a supportive community of fellow artists and creators.
  • Excellent work placements mean you can graduate with experience and industry connections.
  • Live industry projects are a great way to practice working to a brief.
  • 91¶¶Òõ is a fast-growing creative media hub and home to a thriving music scene.
  • A course team who are experts in their field and passionate about sharing their knowledge with a new generation of media and music professionals.
  • Opportunities to build a portfolio so you can showcase your work to potential employers or clients.

Year 1

Modules

  • Study Skills in the Creative Industries
  • Understanding Audiences
  • Producing and Consuming Digital Media
  • Introduction to Visual Promotion
  • Introduction to Content Creation
  • Content Creation for Social Media

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through .

 

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Year 2 

Modules

  • Podcasting 
  • Global Challenges
  • Live Project in collaboration with other courses
  • Social Media for Activists and Community Groups
  • Promotional Video Production
  • Developing a Content Portfolio 

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Placements 

In your final year, the Professional Practice module will take you out of the classroom and into a media or related work environment in which you’ll spend at least two weeks.

Our employability hub will work with you to find a placement that meets your career aspirations and we’ll support you leading up to and throughout the placement.

Along with the final-year project, the placement will enable you to:

  • apply your learning to real-life situations and challenges
  • make confident and informed decisions about the direction of your media career
  • get an insight in to how businesses and organisations function
  • develop existing skills and discover new ones
  • explore career options
  • make professional contacts
  • create an effective CV and digital media presence
  • build confidence and organisational skills.

Our art and media students have been on placement with organisations including:

  • Ricochet
  • Creative Assembly
  • BBC Good Food and Olive Magazine
  • Absolute Radio
  • 91¶¶Òõ & Hove Green Party
  • Lowkey Films
  • Drop4Drop
  • Integrity Music Europe
  • YDN Radio
  • Life Water
  • Electric Square
  • ITV Potato
  • Renewable World
  • Deluxe
  • ILOVEDUST
  • Bauer Media
  • 91¶¶Òõ Dome
  • 91¶¶Òõ Fringe.

Final year 

The second half of your final year will be dedicated to a ten-week live project. You will develop an innovative media idea and run and evaluate the project in partnership with an external organisation of your choosing.

Modules

  • Digital Media Marketing and Innovation
  • Content Creation Final Year Project Proposal  
  • Final Year Project
  • Professional Practice
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Facilities 

You will be learning at both City and Moulsecoomb campuses, benefitting from the excellent resources on both sites. You will have access to equipment including:

  • digital and analogue stills equipment, including DSLRs and a range of lenses
  • darkrooms and processing rooms
  • video recording equipment – from Canon DSLRs to Blackmagic cameras – in a dedicated TV studio 
  • audio recording kit and facilities, including bookable sound/radio booths 
  • video editing suites, including Mac and PC computers with specialist software.

Meet the team

Emma Collins

Emma is a published crafts designer, author, content creator and copywriter. She has significant experience of creating and developing online communities and understands the secrets of content marketing and instagram. She has a utilitarian approach to her research which centres around sustainability, handmaking and communities and the power to communicate through visual narratives. 

Mark Wells

Mark is an expert on digital technology and design. His research is based around questioning and self-awareness of our relationship, experience and understanding of the physical environment. He also teaches on our Fashion Communication with Business Studies BA(Hons). 

Other staff who teach on the course include:

  • Kevin Reynolds

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Careers

What can I do with a content creation degree?

A degree in content creation opens up a variety of career paths across different industries including: 

  • content writer or editor 
  • social media manager 
  • digital marketer 
  • copywriter 
  • video producer/editor 
  • graphic designer 
  • content strategist 
  • blogger/vlogger 
  • podcast producer/host
  • UX writer 
  • communications specialist 
  • brand manager 
  • content marketing manager 
  • SEO specialist 
  • influencer or brand ambassador 
  • creative director
  • scriptwriter 
  • content analyst.

Supporting your employability 

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and rediscover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

  • Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
  • Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
  • Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
  • Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
  • Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
  • Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that’s not just while you are a student – our support carries on after you’ve graduated.

Find out more about our Careers Service...

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Fees and costs

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,535 GBP

International (full-time) 17,250 GBP

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2025–26.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

Find out more

  • 91¶¶Òõ Boost – cost of living help for our new undergrad students. Find out about how we can help with your study, accommodation or travel costs and more...
  • Fees, bursaries, scholarships and government funding info for UK and international undergraduate students
  • Student finance and budgeting while studying
  • Read our student contract and (pdf) for more on 91¶¶Òõ tuition fees.

Location and student life

Campus where this course is taught

City campus

City campus is located at the heart of central 91¶¶Òõ.

The facilities for making and designing, the theatre, galleries, workshops, studios, archives and the independent arts organisations based on site provide a unique and inspiring environment where creativity thrives.

St Peter’s House library and Phoenix halls of residence are close to the Grand Parade main building where you will find the student centre with careers, counselling, student advice service, and disability and dyslexia support. Edward Street provides extensive teaching and gallery space for media, photography and film.

Also on site are and 91¶¶Òõ .

91¶¶Òõ Pavilion, 91¶¶Òõ Museum and Art Gallery, the iconic pier and beach are a very short walk away. The independent shops and businesses of the North Laine and Kemptown, and 91¶¶Òõ main line station, with frequent express services to London, are 10 minutes walk.

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Moulsecoomb campus

Two miles north of 91¶¶Òõ seafront, Moulsecoomb is our largest campus and student village. Moulsecoomb has been transformed by a recent development of our estate. On campus you’ll find new Students’ Union, events venue and sports and fitness facilities, alongside the library and student centre.

Over 900 students live here in our Moulsecoomb Place halls and the new Mithras halls – Brunswick, Goldstone, Hanover, Preston and Regency.

Moulsecoomb has easy access to buses and trains so you can access all the exciting things happening in our home city.

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Accommodation

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students. So if you applied for halls by the deadline you are guaranteed a room in our halls of residence.

91¶¶Òõ: City campus

Halls of residence
We have self-catered halls on all our campuses, within minutes of your classes, and other options that are very nearby.

You can apply for any of our halls, but the options closest to your study location are:

  • Phoenix halls are in the heart of the city, a short walk from City campus – and from the seafront.
  • Varley Park is a popular dedicated halls site, offering a mix of rooms and bathroom options at different prices. It is around four miles from the city centre and is easy to get to by bus.

Want to live independently? We can help – find out more about private renting.

Phoenix Brewery Halls Accommodation

Accommodation for City campus is in the nearby Phoenix Halls

Student kitchen in Phoenix Halls

Student kitchen in Phoenix Halls

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Relaxing in nearby Pavilion Gardens

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students. So if you applied for halls by the deadline you are guaranteed a room in our halls of residence.

91¶¶Òõ: Moulsecoomb

Halls of residence
We have self-catered halls on all our campuses, within minutes of your classes, and other options that are very nearby.

You can apply for any of our halls, but the options closest to your study location are:

  • Mithras Halls are stylish new high-rises in the heart of the student village at our revitalised Moulsecoomb campus with ensuite rooms for more than 800 students.
  • Varley Park is a popular dedicated halls site, offering a mix of rooms and bathroom options at different prices. It is around two miles from Moulsecoomb campus and four miles from the city centre, and is easy to get to by bus.

Want to live independently?
We can help – find out more about private renting.

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Modern accommodation at Moulsecoomb

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Relaxing in halls near the campus

Student Union social space

Student Union social space at Moulsecoomb

Local area

One of Time Out's 50 best cities in the world

“91¶¶Òõ has… all the important parts of a sprawling cosmopolitan metropolis (connections to London in under an hour, an array of properly excellent restaurants, energetic late-night spots) … with the easy-breezy beachy attitude to life that makes you feel welcome in an instant.”
Time Out’s 50 Best Cities in the World, 2025

About 91¶¶Òõ

The 91¶¶Òõ is at the heart of our city’s reputation as a welcoming, forward-thinking place which leads the way when it comes to the arts, music, sustainability and creative technology. 91¶¶Òõ is home to a thriving creative community and a digital sector worth £1bn a year. Many of the work-based learning opportunities offered on our courses such as placements, live briefs and guest lectures are provided by businesses and organisations based in the city.

We provide support and venues for key events in the city’s arts calendar including the 91¶¶Òõ Festival, the Festival Fringe, the Great Escape, the 91¶¶Òõ Digital Festival, 91¶¶Òõ Photo Biennial and the Cinecity 91¶¶Òõ Film Festival. Other annual highlights include Pride, the 91¶¶Òõ Marathon, and Burning the Clocks which marks the winter solstice. Our own 91¶¶Òõ Graduate Show transforms our campus into the largest exhibition space in the South East as we celebrate the outstanding talent and creativity of our students.

As a student you’ll get lots of opportunities to experience these events at first hand and to develop your skills through the volunteering and other opportunities they offer.

You'll find living in 91¶¶Òõ enriches your learning experience and by the end of your course you will still be finding new things to explore and inspire you.

It's only 50 minutes by train from 91¶¶Òõ to central London and there are daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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One of Time Out's 50 best cities in the world

“91¶¶Òõ has… all the important parts of a sprawling cosmopolitan metropolis (connections to London in under an hour, an array of properly excellent restaurants, energetic late-night spots) … with the easy-breezy beachy attitude to life that makes you feel welcome in an instant.”
Time Out’s 50 Best Cities in the World, 2025

About 91¶¶Òõ

The city of 91¶¶Òõ & Hove is a forward-thinking place which leads the way in the arts, technology, sustainability and creativity. You'll find living here plays a key role in your learning experience.

91¶¶Òõ is a leading centre for creative media technology, recently named the startup capital of the UK.

The city is home to a national 5G testbed and over 1,000 tech businesses. The digital sector is worth over £1bn a year to the local economy – as much as tourism.

All of our full-time undergraduate courses involve work-based learning - this could be through placements, live briefs and guest lectures. Many of these opportunities are provided by local businesses and organisations.

It's only 50 minutes by train from 91¶¶Òõ to central London and there are daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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Support and wellbeing

Your course team

Your personal academic tutor, course leader and other tutors are all there to help you with your personal and academic progress. You'll also have a student support and guidance tutor (SSGT) who can help with everything from homesickness, managing stress or accommodation issues.

Your academic skills

Our 91¶¶Òõ Student Skills Hub gives you extra support and resources to develop the skills you'll need for university study, whatever your level of experience so far.

Your mental health and wellbeing

As well as being supported to succeed, we want you to feel good too. You'll be part of a community that builds you up, with lots of ways to connect with one another, as well having access to dedicated experts if you need them. Find out more about how we support your wellbeing.

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Sport 91¶¶Òõ

Sport 91¶¶Òõ brings together our sport and recreation services. As a 91¶¶Òõ student you'll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

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Sports scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about sport scholarships.

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